Chapter 47 of 1964 · 63 words · ~1 min read

XXXI.

And if our quarrels should rip up old stories, And help them with a lie or two additional, _I_'m not to blame, as you well know--no more is Any one else--they were become traditional; Besides, their resurrection aids our glories By contrast, which is what we just were wishing all: And Science profits by this resurrection-- Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.